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Two new flat mite species of the genus Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950
(Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran
SADEGH FARZAN1,4, MAHDIEH ASADI1, EDWARD UECKERMANN2,3 & ASGHAR SHIRVANI1
1

Department of Plant Protection, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. E-mail: farzan.sadegh@gmail.com,
asadi.mahd@yahoo.com, shirvani@uk.ac.ir
2
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria, 0121 South Africa.
Email: UeckermannE@arc.agric.za
3
School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus 2520, South Africa.
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Corresponding author

Abstract
Two new flat mite species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) are described: Aegyptobia jiroftiensis sp. nov. from
Convolvulus polygonum (Convolvulaceae) and Aegyptobia hormozgani sp. nov. from Artemisia siberia (Asteraceae).
Key words: Acari, Tenuipalpidae, new species, leg chaetotaxy, Iran

Introduction
Aegyptobia Sayed is the third largest genus of Tenuipalpidae comprising 94 species (Mesa et al. 2009; Seeman &
Beard 2011). To date, ten species of this genus have been reported from Iran (Kamali et al., 2001; Khanjani et al.,
2008, 2012; Farzan et al., 2012). Recently, Khanjani et al. (2012) described Aegyptobia bromi Khanjani, Khanjani
& Seeman, 2012 and Aegyptobia nazarii Khanjani, Khanjani & Seeman, 2012, redescribed three others, and
provided new synonymies in this genus. They synonymized Aegyptobia kharazii Mesa & Moraes, 2009 (which
was originally Aegyptobia meyerae Khosrowshahi & Arbabi, 1997) with Aegyptobia beglarovi Livschitz &
Mitrofanov, 1967; and Aegyptobia ueckermanni Khosrowshahi & Arbabi, 1997 with Aegyptobia tragardhi Sayed,
1950. Furthermore, they moved Aegyptobia daneshvari Parsi & Khosrowshahi, 1990 to the genus Phytoptipalpus
Trgrdh and synonymized it with Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory, 1987). In addition to those species,
Aegyptobia glyptus Pritchard & Baker, 1958, Aegyptobia iranensis Khanjani, Gotoh & Barimani-Varandi, 2008,
and Aegyptobia persicae Khosrowshahi & Arbabi, 1997 were reported from Iran (Kamali et al., 2001; Khanjani et
al., 2008). Farzan et al. (2012) also added Aegyptobia pavlovskii (Reck, 1951) as a new record to the Aegyptobia
species of the country. We describe here two new more Aegyptobia from Iran, bringing the total to 12 species.
The taxonomy of the Tenuipalpidae historically relies heavily upon dorsal chaetotaxy, but also other characters
such as the form of the rostral shield, number of palpal segments, number of legs, form of dorsal setae, and ventral
idiosomal chaetotaxy. The dorsal chaetotaxy of Aegyptobia resembles that of Pentamerismus McGregor and
Phytoptipalus. Aegyptobia and Pentamerismus are similar in the number of opisthosomal setae (1213 pairs) and
differ in the rare or common absence of setae f2, respectively, and marginal position of setae e2 and f2 in
Pentamerismus only. Aegyptobia and Phytoptipalpus are different in having three and two pairs of anal setae,
respectively. Several species of Phytoptipalpus have only three pairs of legs as an adult, and several species are
recorded with 12, instead of 13 pairs of dorsal opisthosomal setae.
Recently, leg chaetotaxy has been become a standard addition to descriptions of Tenuipalpidae. The system of
Grandjean (1939, 1942, 1944, 1948), applied by Lindquist (1985) to the Tetranychidae, was first applied in a
tenuipalpid description by Zhang & Fan (2004) for their re-description of Dolichotetranychus ancistrus Baker &
Pritchard, 1956. Seeman & Beard (2011) surveyed about a third of all species of Aegyptobia, and demonstrated that

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leg chaetotaxy has diagnostic value, and is more useful than simple leg setal counts. Beard & Ochoa (2011) also
used this method in their descriptions recently. In this paper two new species of Aegyptobia are described.

Material and Methods

Leaves and twigs infested by mites were collected, placed into plastic bags and transferred to the laboratory.
Samples were washed in a solution of commercial detergent (5%). This solution was filtered by overlapping two
sieves with different mesh sizes (16 Mesh; 400 Mesh) respectively. Mites retained in the smaller sieve were washed
with 70% ethanol into a Petri dish. False spider mites were collected from the ethanol solution under a
stereomicroscope, cleared with lactic acid (at 45C in oven) and mounted in Hoyers medium.
The terminology of the dorsal setae and the determination of the genera follow Mesa et al. (2009).
Measurements were performed using a DINO-EYE soft imaging system and are given in micrometers (m) as a
range. The drawings were made using a drawing tube attached to an Olympus Research Microscope. Figures
were cleaned in Microsoft office PowerPoint 2003.
Abbreviations
PPRIC
SBUC

National Collection of Acari, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Collection of the Acarology Laboratory, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Results
Genus Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950
Diagnosis as of Seeman & Beard (2011).
Aegyptobia jiroftiensis Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann sp. nov.
(Figs. 19)
Type series. Holotype: female, Karimabad (Jiroft-Kerman province, Iran), xii.1.2010, S. Farzan, ex Convolvulus
polygonum (Convolvulaceae) (SBUC). Paratypes: four females, same data as holotype (3 SBUC; 1 PPRIC).
Diagnosis. Adult female: Opisthosoma with 13 pairs of dorsal setae (f2 present). Anterior margin of prodorsal
shield with a deeply notched median projection. Dorsal shields completely covered in polygonal reticulation,
becoming elongate dorsomedially on prodorsum. Dorsal setae palmate with radiating striae. Femora IIII and
genua III with broad palmate dorsal setae. Tarsal claws uncinate. Spermatheca long (200 m) and terminating in
an obvious membranous bulb. Palp (from tarsus to trochanter): 3(1s+2e)-2-0-1-0.
Description.
Female: Length of body (v2h1) 247251, width (sc2sc2) 132 135.
Dorsum (Fig. 1): Body oval, dorsal shields completely covered in polygonal reticulation, becoming elongate
dorsomedially on prodorsum. Anterior margin of prodorsum with a deeply notched medial projection; prodorsum
bearing three pairs of setae, v1, sc1, sc2 and two pairs of eyes; opisthosoma with 13 pairs of setae, all dorsal setae
palmate, subequal in length (1115 long, 913 wide), smooth, with radiating fine ridges.
Setal measurements: length v2 1214, sc1 1214, sc2 1213, c1 1215, c2 1113, c3 8-11, d1 1314, d2
1112, d3 1112, e1 1113, e2 1113, e3 1012, f2 1114, f3 1012, h1 1113, h2 1112.
Distance between setae: v2v2 2146, sc1sc1 8798, sc2sc2 126132, c1c1 4248, c2c2 110131, c3c3
147163, d1d1 3033, d2d2 107115, d3d3 147158, e1e1 1523, e2e2 99110, e3e3 129134, f2f2
8087, f3f3 110116, h1h1 2326, h2h2 7278.
Venter (Fig. 2): Cuticle with two transverse bands of striae between 1a3a and just posterior to 4a; ventral
plate smooth; coarse widely separated longitudinal striae lateral to genital region; metapodal plates well developed,
with oblique striae; genital setae g12 inserted in more or less transverse row along posterior margin of a weakly
developed, smooth genital plate; anal setae ps13 inserted longitudinally along medial margin of well defined anal
plates (Fig. 3); coxal setae fine, smooth, except 2c weakly barbed; setae ag, g12, ps13 fine, with few barbs.
Three pairs of ventral setae are present (1a, 3a, 4a), with 1a long, 3a, 4a short.

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FIGURES 12. Aegyptobia jiroftiensis sp. nov. adult female, dorsum (1); venter (2).

Setal measurements: length 1a 5259, 1b 1016, 1c 2026, 2b 1317, 2c 1320, 3a 1215, 3b 912, 4a 915,
4b 914, ag 915, g1 1113, g2 1012, ps1 510, ps2 78, ps3 710.
Spermatheca (Fig. 4): Long (200 m), slender, terminating in large bulb.
Gnathosoma (Fig. 2): Infracapitulum extending just past anterior margin of femur I; palp five segmented (Fig.
5), chaetotaxy from tarsus to trochanter: 3(1s+2e)-2-0-1-0.
Legs (Figs. 69): All legs with true claws; setal formula as follows (solenidia included in count): coxae 2-2-11; trochanters 1-1-2-1; femora 4-4-2-1; genua 3-3-1-0; tibiae 4-4-3-3; tarsi 9()-9()-5-5; leg chaetotaxy as
follows: trochanters I, II, IV v; tr III l, v; femora III d, v, bv, l; fe III d, ev; fe IV ev; genua III l, d, v; ge III
l; ge IV nude; tibiae III d, l, vv; ti IIIIV d, vv; ta III uu, pp, tctc, ftft, ; ta IIIIV uu,
tctc, ft; dorsal setae (d) on femora IIII and genua III are palmate; left coxa I of holotype with three setae.
Remarks
Aegyptobia jiroftiensis resembles the following species:
Aegyptobia physalis Baker & Tuttle, 1972: due to the presence of broadened dorsal setae, similar dorsal
sculpturing, and broadened setae on the femora and genua III. However, A. jiroftiensis differs from A. physalis by
having palmate dorsal setae (broadly lanceolate setae in A. physalis), a shorter infracapitulum (infracapitulum of A.
physalis extends just past genu I) and a deep anterior prodorsal notch (barely developed in A. physalis).
Aegyptobia cactaceae Baker & Tuttle, 1987: in having a deeply notched anterior margin of propodosoma,
similar length of infracapitulum, similar leg chaetotaxy, the presence of similar dorsal setae (d) on the femora and

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genua I, II and absence of hysterosomal pores. However, the dorsal setae of A. cactaceae are broadly spatulate and
serrate (smooth in A. jiroftiensis).
Aegyptobia baptus Pritchard & Baker, 1952: has the anterior margin of the propodosoma deeply notched and
dorsal setae on femora and genua I, II similar. However, the extra radiating fine ridges on the dorsal setae and
completely reticulated dorsal sculpturing in A. jiroftiensis separates it from A. baptus.
The new species differs from all known Iranian species based on dorsal setae (palmate, smooth with radiating
striae in A. jiroftiensis versus setiform or barbed palmate or lanceolate setae in all other Iranian species) and dorsal
integument (completely covered with polygonal reticulations in A. jiroftiensis, unlike other Iranian species).
Etymology. This species is named after the town (Jiroft) where it was collected.
Distribution. Iran, known only from the type locality.
Male and immature stages. Unknown

FIGURES 35. Aegyptobia jiroftiensis sp. nov. adult female, opisthoventer (3); spermatheca (4); palp (5).

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FIGURES 69. Aegyptobia jiroftiensis sp. nov. adult female, left legs IIV.

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Aegyptobia hormozgani Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann sp. nov.

(Figs 1018)
Type series. Holotype: female, Genow (BandarabbasHormozgan province, Iran), xii.1.2010, S. Farzan, ex
Artemisia siberia (Asteraceae) (SBUC). Paratype: female, same data as holotype (PPRIC).
Diagnosis. Opisthosoma with 13 pairs of dorsal setae (f2 present). Dorsal shields completely covered with a
series of longitudinal ridges except for a small area of oblique ridges between posterior to sc2 and c2d2; dorsal
setae broadly spatulate, smooth; two pairs of pores present between d2e2 and d3e3. Dorsal leg setae (d) on
femora III and genua III are setiform, barbed. Tarsal claws uncinate. Palp chaetotaxy from tarsus to trochanter:
3(1s+2e)-2-0-1-0. Spermatheca long (180 m), slender terminating in small membranous bulb, with a small
subterminal membranous expansion.
Description.
Female: Length of body (v2h1) 214218, width (sc2sc2) 117123.
Dorsum (Fig. 10): Body oval with pattern of longitudinal ridges; prodorsum with elongate longitudinal ridges
except for a small region of oblique ridges posterior to sc2; anterior margin of prodorsum with deeply notched
medial projection; prodorsum bearing three pairs of setae, v2, sc1, sc2 and two pairs of eyes; opisthosoma with
pattern of longitudinal ridges, except for a small area of oblique ridges between c2d2; two pairs of pores are
present between d2e2 and d3e3. Opisthosoma with 13 pairs of setae; all dorsal setae broadly spatulate, smooth,
subequal in length (1120) and width (46).
Setal measurements: length v2 1720, sc1 1720, sc2 1517, c1 1819, c2 1819, c3 1415, d1 1618, d2
1617, d3 1617, e1 1416, e2 1416, e3 14 17, f2 1617, f3 1618, h1 1617, h2 1617.
Distance between setae: v2v2 4748, sc1sc1 8890, sc2sc2 110117, c1c1 3941, c2c2 110111, c3c3
123125, d1d1 3436, d2d2 9798, d3d3 124130, e1e1 2730, e2e2 9798, e3e3 123126, f2f2 7173,
f3f3 105111, h1h1 3134, h2h2 7278.
Venter (Fig. 11): Cuticle with two transverse bands of striae between 1a3a and posterior to 4a; pregenital area
with smooth ventral plate; coarse longitudinal striae lateral to genital region; metapodal plates well developed, with
reticulate cuticle; genital setae inserted in more or less transverse row along posterior margin of a weakly
developed, smooth, elongate oval genital plate; anal setae ps13 inserted longitudinally along medial margin of
weakly developed anal plates (Fig. 12); coxal setae smooth; three pair of ventral setae present (1a, 3a, 4a), with 1a
long. Setal measurements: 1a 6768, 1b 1516, 1c 3132, 2b 2728, 2c 2731, 3a 2021, 3b 1921, 4a 2527, 4b
1619, ag 1821, g1 1112, g2 1112, ps1 68, ps2 67, ps3 67.
Spermatheca (Fig. 14): Long (180 m), fine, terminating in small membranous bulb, with a small subterminal
membranous expansion.
Gnathosoma (Fig. 11): Infracapitulum extending to the base of tibia I; palp five segmented (Fig. 13),
chaetotaxy from tarsus to trochanter: 3(1s+2e)-2-0-1-0.
Legs (Figs 1518): All legs with true claws uncinate; setal formula as follows (solenidia included in count):
coxae 2-2-1-1; trochanters 1-1-2-1; femora 4-4-2-1; genua 3-3-1-0; tibiae 4-4-3-3; tarsi 9()-9()-5-5; leg
chaetotaxy as follows: trochanters I, II, IV v; tr III l, v; femora III d, v, bv, l; fe III ev, l"; fe IV ev; genua III
l, d, v; ge III v; ge IV nude; tibiae III d, l, v-v; ti IIIIV d, v-v; ta III u-u, p-p, tc-tc, ft-ft, ; ta IIIIV
u-u, tc-tc, ft. Dorsal setae on femora and genua III setiform and barbed.
Remarks.
Due to the presence of a deep prodorsal notch and spatulate dorsal setae, the new species resembles four
species: Aegyptobia baptus Pritchard & Baker, 1952; A. crotonae Baker & Tuttle, 1972; A. haplopappus Baker &
Tuttle, 1972; and A. semper Chaudhri & Akbar, 1985. However it differs from all of them by having setiform and
barbed dorsal setae on femora and genua III, instead of broad setae. Aegyptobia hormozgani also differs from A.
haplopappus and A. semper in having two pairs of pores instead of one pair. The new species resembles Aegyptobia
forma Chaudhri 1972, also collected from Artemisia, in having similar spatulate and smooth dorsal setae, having
two setae on trochanter III and one seta on genu III and a deep notch on anterior margin of propodosoma. It differs
from A. forma in having a dorsal pattern of longitudinal ridges (A. forma has a finely striate dorsal pattern).
Furthermore our species resembles Aegyptobia nasicornensis Meyer & Van Dis, 1993 in the length of the
infracapitulum, the presence of hysterosomal pores and form of the anterior margin of the propodosoma, but it
differs from A. hormozgani by having serrate dorsal setae (smooth in A. hormozgani), lanceolate dorsal setae of

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femora and genua I, II, similar to idiosomal dorsal setae (are setiform and barbed and are not similar to the body
dorsal setae in A. hormozgani). Aegyptobia cedermontana Meyer & Van Dis, 1993 also resembles the new species
in having the anterior margin of propodosoma notched, leg chaetotaxy and the presence of hysterosomal pores, but
differs in having dorsal setae not serrated and dorsal setae on the femora and genua III not similar to the dorsal
body setae.

FIGURES 1011. Aegyptobia hormozgani sp. nov. adult female, dorsum (10); venter (11).

Etymology. This species is named after the province (Hormozgan) where it was collected.
Distribution. Iran, known only from the type locality.
Male and immature stages. Unknown

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FIGURES 1214. Aegyptobia hormozgani sp. nov. adult female, opisthoventer (12); palp (13); spermatheca (14).

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FIGURES 1518. Aegyptobia hormozgani sp. nov. adult female, left legs IIV.

Acknowledgements
The first author wishes to thank Mr. Nader Hosseinpour, Mr. Mohammad Forutan, Mr. Mohammad Amin Asadi
and Miss Parvaneh Atashi for helping collect samples.
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